Improvement in drivers  seats for mowing and reaping machines



F.- GETZ.

Drivers Seat for Mowing and Reap'mg Machines.

Patented Nov.. 6, 1860.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN GETZ, OF AMHERST, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVERS SEATS FOR MOWING AND REAPING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,51 2, dated November 6, 1360.

T0 alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN GETZ, of Amherst, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and use- .l'mprovements in Drivers Seats for Mowing and Reaping Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure I is a perspective view of a mowing machine with my improvements in combination therewith. Fig. II is an elevation of the same machine as used for a reaper with my improvement in connection therewith.

The nature of my improvement consists in making a suspended or swinging seat for mowing and reaping machines. it is particularly adapted to the Kirby machine, but maybe used upon other machines ot'like construction.

A are upright posts or rods passing down on either side of the driving-wheel, the end of the outside rod being connected to the stirrup B, as shown in Fig. II, and the one on the in side to the radial plate 0, as shown in Fig. I. They are connected together at the top by the cross-piece D. The lever or seatvboard E is suspended between the upright rods A, from the elliptic spring F,(whieh is placed upon the cross-piece D,) by means of the swivetstrap G and rod G, which rod has a screw-thread and nut on its lower end, by which the length of suspension is regulated. \Vhen mowing, the front end of the seat-board is secured to the slotted post H by an'arm, l, which arm is secured to the seat-board by the sleevej and bolt 9', and to the post by its projecting end passing through the slot in the post, and hav:

ing a tightening-nut, K. The nut upon the bolt j is turned down loosely,so as not to bind the seat-board, in order to allow the seat-board to turn freely upon the bolt j, and thereby admit of a swinging movement of the seatboard.

The drivers seat L being placed at the rear end of the seat-board when mowing, and the front end being secured as described, his weight will come upon the spring, and in passthe front end, said device being disconnected by removing the bolt and being again connected by the same boltto the rear end of the seat-board. The driver now changing his seat to the seat N on the front end of the seatboard, the spring will act as before described.

The post M is connected to the rear inner corner of the gear-frame p, and is braced by the arm 0. This post and brace are particularly adapted to the Kirby machine. This spring seat will befound to be a great improvement upon the seat now in use upon the Kirby machine, as it is easier and more comfortable than the one now in use. it also removes the liability of the driver being thrown from his by sudden jolts or thrusts of the machine.

The most prominent feature of my improvement is a suspended or swinging drivers seat for mowing and reaping machines, irrespective of the details by which such swinging or suspended feature is accomplished.

I claim i 1. Suspending the seat-board E from the spring F by means of the swivel-strap G and rod G, the seat-board having a free movement upon the bolt j, so as to allow of a lateral swing ing movement of the seatboard, for the pun pose and substantially as described.

2. The post M, in combination with the Kirby machine, for the purpose of supporting the rear end of the seat-board, in order to locate the drivers seat in front for reaping, substantially as herein described FRANKLIN GETZ.

\Vitnesses EUSEBIUS M. DAVIS,

B. FORBUSl-L 

